December 23, 2019 Show with Josh Fryman on “The Importance of Fellowship in a Believer’s Life”

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In the

life, as sweet as fellowship, as we

share each other's lives.

For there's nothing as sweet as fellowship, as we share each

other's lives.

We're talking about sweet fellowship,

sweet fellowship, sweet

fellowship.

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day of December 2019.

Day before Christmas Eve and that song should give you an indication of what we're going to be

discussing today.

Our theme is the importance of fellowship in a believer's life and here to discuss it is a returning guest.

Who is one of my dearest friends and a man who almost became my pastor.

After visiting his congregation for a number of months and worshipping with him and

fellowshipping with him.

And learning from him and all kinds of wonderful things that God blessed me

with.

Through that church in Riverhead, Long Island where he formerly pastored.

It was my intention to remain in permanent residence there but God had other plans.

He moved me to Pennsylvania which prevented Josh the nightmare of having me as a congregant under his

pastoral care.

And Pastor Josh providentially moved to North Dakota where he now pastors.

New Testament Baptist Church of Laramore, North Dakota.

And it's my honor and privilege and delight to have you back on iron sharpens iron radio my dear friend Pastor Josh

Fryman.

Thank you Chris.

Yeah.

Merry Christmas to you.

I'm a little embarrassed.

I'm sorry?

I'm a little embarrassed.

Why?

Very quick of you.

But I'm glad that it worked.

That was actually the group, one of my favorite recording groups, Acapella.

Produced and written and directed by Keith Lancaster.

And the name of the album is actually Sweet Fellowship and so is the song.

But I think a perfect song to describe what we're, or to

introduce us I should say.

To the theme at hand, the importance of fellowship in a believer's life.

Before we get to that theme Pastor Josh.

If you could let our listeners know something about New Testament Baptist Church of Laramore, North Dakota.

This is the first time I've had you on, I believe, I could be wrong.

But I think this is the first time I've had you on where you were pastoring this specific church.

Yes,

that's

correct.

Great, and

if anybody

wants more

information

on New

Testament

Baptist

Church of

Laramore, North

Dakota.

You can go to Laramore, and that's N -T -B -C after that.

Laramore is L -A -R -I -M -O -R -E N -T -B -C.

Which stands for New Testament Baptist Church dot org.

Laramore N -T -B -C dot org.

And we hopefully will remember to repeat that information later on in the program.

This is a very important theme.

Somebody, in fact many people, might very wrongly assume

on face value.

Seeing that in the promotional material and also hearing

the announcements.

That theme, the importance of fellowship in a believer's life.

They might wrongly view this as some kind of a light, fluffy

kind of a topic that we are addressing today.

But I think that it is sometimes the matter of life and death.

It is a very serious topic.

In fact, allow me to be so bold as saying.

One of the key factors involved in my own personal testimony Where

I, tragically, after 18 years of sobriety as a Christian

Returned to the sin of habitual drunkenness Was

because my fellowship with other believers.

Which also involves accountability.

Dwindled to nearly non -existence.

And I think that one of the aspects of the importance of fellowship Is

keeping each other accountable.

I have never met a lone wolf or maverick Christian.

Wandering around by themselves.

That didn't have, eventually, something tragic happen in their own lives.

Sometimes an abandonment of faith.

All kinds of things can happen.

But let's have your words be prominent in this discussion.

If you could, it might sound like a silly question.

But why don't you define for us the word fellowship.

At least in the manner with which we are using it today.

I'm disappointed that during one of my many trips to Prague I didn't bump into you there.

Sorry about that, continue.

If you saw someone duck into the coffee shop real fast.

Hiding behind a Chinaman.

I hope your listeners understand that.

There's a lot of our in here.

No disrespect.

In fact, let me quick before you return to that story.

I want to thank you, in case I forget to later Thank you for the fellowship

And also the shepherding and the teaching and preaching that you provided When I was newly

released For lack of a better term From a Christian drug and alcohol

rehabilitation facility in North Carolina.

Hebron Colony Ministries.

I will sing their praises until the day I am called home to glory.

A very fine ministry.

It's actually also free of charge For men who are

battling the sin of addiction Addictions of all kinds.

I was actually one of the few there That was there because of the

sin of habitual drunkenness.

The vast majority were drug addicts.

And even in that category, the vast majority were The abuse, the serious

abuse of prescription drugs.

But your fellowship I think was a vital, vital

Spoke in the wheel of God's sovereignty and providence That helped to restore me to

a sound mind And to prepare me for a life of sobriety Which I

continue into this day.

And I can never thank you enough, Brother Josh, for that.

I mean that, amen.

You met a Chinaman in Prague, and I'm sorry if I've.

No,

no,

it's

really

not

good.

It's not good for individuals, it's not good for church.

He's

back hundreds of

years

With

each other.

I'm sorry that you saw that film of the worship service at my congregation.

Well, I didn't want to say it.

No, Grace Baptist wouldn't even come close to anything that horrific.

No, I know.

Really

fall

one

to

another.

It

should

not

be

the

case.

But it is.

And as far as The importance of with whom

we share this fellowship I believe that.

And I'm sure you would concur.

And if you could follow up after I finish explaining what I mean.

Obviously, every Christian should not be Isolated in an

evangelical monastery of some kind Where they only are in the presence

And enjoying the company of fellow Christians We must be in the world.

Even though we are to be not of the world.

I remember my very first pastor after I was a born -again Christian.

My very first pastor, Mike Gaydosh Preached a phenomenal message and I still remember it all these

years later.

Jesus Christ, friend of sinners, separate from sinners.

And I think that we all as Christians need to follow that example.

But although we have friendships with sinners And we are a light to them, we are an

ambassador for Christ to them.

We are to demonstrate not only the love and compassion And mercy and grace and

tenderness of Christ to them But we are also to declare

The unwaveringly biblical gospel of Jesus Christ That may

offend them Even to the point of their abandoning us as friends forever.

Just as many who followed Christ did Obviously with the caveat that we don't

need to add our own offensiveness to the gospel Because the gospel itself offends those who hate it.

But even though we are obviously to have friends who are sinners We are not to

be so involved with them and linked with them That we

start to fall into the same behaviors as they express and participate And so on.

And the key here of fellowship, I'm sure you are intending to convey here.

Is that we are to predominantly Not exclusively, but predominantly

be in the fellowship In the company of true believers.

And would you say that for some of us That

have a past where we have been rescued by God

Redeemed by God from something like an addiction or

something like that.

We have to be even particular about the Christian friends Who dominate

our company.

I'm not saying that we are supposed to be snobs And avoid hanging out with certain brethren and so on.

But our goal should be to predominate or dominate our time With certain

kinds of believers.

Am I off base here?

No,

I

mean

it

wasn't

about.

So you have this unity.

And yes, you

are

not a

local

assembly.

And

if

you

look

at

a

pagan

culture

We do have to

engage

with.

And that unity only comes when

you get

baptized.

I mean that's

good to spend time with them.

Pastor Josh, were you saying something?

Well, if that didn't prove there is no difference Between my sermons and my interview, nothing would.

No, you are doing an excellent job.

Sorry folks, if it appears I was making light of something serious.

I just miss my laughter filled moments.

With my friend Josh, who nearly became my pastor.

But yeah, I think that you are spot on.

On everything that you are saying.

As we return from our first break I would appreciate you Perhaps giving us some

examples of things That should Especially those things that are essential

To take place In true, biblical, godly, Christ -honoring fellowship.

And when we come back We will have you give us some of those examples.

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List some at least Very important elements That should be

Being in a In a true biblical fellowship.

And perhaps Even essential elements.

Yeah, that's absolutely

fine.

Think about

what salvation

How he

didn't

set

his

The Lord

is saying Why I'm doing

this God is

part

He

speaks

fellowship

One with another

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The idea

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Before we return to Josh Fryman on that subject that I mentioned on

fellowship, the importance of fellowship, the exact title for our program today is The

Importance of Fellowship in a Believer's Life, before we return, I just have a couple of very important announcements to make.

The first one is, I hope that if you are a man in ministry leadership and are able to get to

Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, January 9th, you will join me for the next

free Iron Sharpens Iron Radio Pastors Luncheon.

This will be from 11 a .m. to 2 p .m., Thursday, January 9th, at the Carlisle Fire and Rescue Banquet

Hall in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Our guest speaker is Justin Peters.

Many of you may know that Justin Peters has cerebral palsy, and one of his major

missions in life is to expose the charlatans in the Word of Faith

Pentecostal movement.

Word of Faith Pentecostalism, not to be confused with more mainstream Pentecostalism, Word of Faith

is a very dangerous, deadly, and damning mutation of Pentecostalism in

the charismatic movement, where people are traumatized and lives are often ruined, and

people even die as a result of refusing medical attention, because they are told that if they

are truly Christians with strong faith, they will, with certainty, be healed.

And sometimes they're told they're healed when they are not, when they still have cancer coursing through their bodies.

Well, Justin Peters, one of his missions in life, next to, of course, first and foremost,

proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ, is to warn people about these charlatans

in the Word of Faith movement, and he is going to be discussing at the luncheon, Protecting the

Flock from Wolves, that's the theme.

And we hope you come, it's for men in ministry leadership only, and we are going to be, as

always, giving away free books to everybody who attends.

Every man in attendance is going to leave if they so choose to get their free books.

They're going to be leaving with a very heavy sack of free books, dozens of free books, brand new books,

donated by major Christian publishers all over the United States and the United Kingdom.

These are books that have been specifically selected by me, and each publisher gives me, donates to me, 100 copies of that

specific title, so that I can give every man in attendance a copy of that title.

And since there are multiple publishers doing this, every man is going to leave with dozens of books.

So, I hope that you come for this free event.

Everything is free of charge.

The food is free.

The speaking engagement of Justin Peters is free.

The fun time of fellowship and feasting is free.

And the books are free.

So, this was the brainchild of my precious late wife, Julie, in the 1990s.

She knew that being in the radio industry, I had more friends than the average person who are pastors, and she,

one Christmas season, said, instead of us exchanging gifts, why don't you conduct a free

pastor's luncheon near the Christmas season and invite your pastor friends?

And that began in the 1990s at the excellent request of my wife, my

late wife.

And this has grown from about 30 men to about 100 men every year.

Twice a year, I have it now.

And so, I hope that as many of you as possible listening will register.

Just go to my website, irontreppanzirenradio .com, and you will see a banner for this

luncheon with all the details on it.

Irontreppanzirenradio .com.

Just look for the banner for the free pastor's luncheon with Justin Peters' photograph.

And the website, by the way, for his ministry is justinpeters .org.

But that's irontreppanzirenradio .com, and look for the banner.

And also, you can just e -mail me to make it easier.

If you want to just e -mail me, chrisarnsen at gmail .com.

C -H -R -I -S -A -R -N -Z -E -N at gmail .com is my e -mail address, and you can register by e -mail or

by phone, 631 -291 -7002.

631 -291 -7002, and it's absolutely free.

Then, coming up later in the month, from Thursday, January 16th, through

Saturday, January 18th, once again, I will be packing up my bags and heading down south to Atlanta,

Georgia, more specifically College Park, Georgia, to the G3 Conference at the Georgia International

Convention Center.

This is always a monumental, phenomenal event.

Just absolutely extraordinary.

This January is on the theme Worship Matters, and they always have

such an enormous and deep roster of speakers, including Dr. Stephen J.

Lawson, including my friend Dr. James R. White of Alpha Omega Ministries, including Phil Johnson, the

executive director of Grace to You, the media ministry of John MacArthur.

Todd Friel of Wretched TV and Wretched Radio is on the roster, as he very often is.

Derek Thomas, world -renowned Presbyterian author, conference speaker, pastor, teacher.

My friend Dr. Tom Askell, he is the pastor of Grace Baptist

Church of Cape Coral, Florida, and also the executive director of Founders Ministries, the Calvinistic ministry

in the Southern Baptist Convention.

We hope that Tom is healthy enough to remain on the roster, because I don't know how many of you are aware,

but he collapsed very recently from behind the pulpit and was unconscious, and

he is still recovering from that, and I haven't gotten an update exactly what caused that scare,

but we will keep you updated, and hopefully Tom will be there as he has been scheduled.

Stephen J. Nichols, who is the president of Reformation Bible College, the college founded by R .C. Sproul and Ligonier

Ministries.

As you heard James White saying, Kosti Hinn, who is the nephew of the notorious heretic and

charlatan Benny Hinn, is on the roster.

He has repented of the word of faith heresy and is now a Reformed Baptist pastor.

He was in California, as James White said, but now he has just recently received a call to pastor in Arizona,

and he is a Reformed Baptist and a cessationist now pastoring there.

And of course, the latest addition to the roster is John MacArthur, and I would be

going there even if it was just John MacArthur.

I so admire John.

He is one of my modern -day heroes, and so if you want to join me there at the G3 Conference, go to

g3conference .com, g3conference .com, and I strongly urge you not only to just attend, but also if

you are a business owner or leader of a parachurch organization, I strongly urge you to register for an exhibitor's booth

while there is still room for one for you, because there is always something phenomenal that has happened to me

manning my exhibitor's booth for Iron Trumpet and Zion Radio at the G3 Conference.

This will be my fourth conference manning an exhibitor's booth for Iron Trumpet and Zion Radio, so I hope you join me in doing

the same if it applies to you.

Go to g3conference .com, g3conference .com, and please mention Chris Arnsen of Iron Trumpet and Zion Radio when you register.

By the way, this coming Monday, a week from today, December 30th, Josh Bice,

the founder of the G3 Conference, who is pastor of Praise Mill Baptist Church in Douglasville, Georgia,

he is going to be my guest here on Iron Trumpet and Zion Radio for two hours, and we will

give you more details on the topic and so on.

Brother Bice is a remarkable preacher.

He is just as blessed with the gift of preaching as anybody else in the roster at

that event, as far as I'm concerned.

So he will be speaking there well, and well worth your efforts to get to

Atlanta to the G3 Conference.

I have a final word, a final request.

Iron Trumpet and Zion Radio is in...

We are in seriously urgent need for your donations.

We have quite a number of bills for December and January that need to be paid, that we have not yet

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and I am still in this flesh, this body of flesh, so I do get

filled with anxiety when I fall into these financial pits that require your help.

So please help us.

We had over 41 ,000 people download this show in October alone,

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I'm not talking about the amounts.

There have been very generous people in our audience who consistently give very generously, but I'm talking about the number of people who have donated.

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Also, if you are not a member of a local Bible -believing church, and you're not even prayerfully looking for one, you're living in rebellion against

God.

I can help you find a church, God willing, wherever you live in the world, because I have lists of biblically faithful churches

globally, and I've already helped quite a number of people find churches near them, either for themselves or for those they love who don't have

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That's also the email address where you can send in a question to Pastor Josh Fryman.

On our theme fellowship, chrisarnsen at gmail .com chrisarnsen at gmail .com

and please give us your first name at least, city and state and country of residence, and only remain anonymous if your question involves a

personal or private matter.

So, Pastor Josh, before the break, you had begun to discuss, in agreement

with Paul Washer, that the term Abba Father, although it does involve a

deeply personal father -son, father -daughter relationship with the one

using that term, if they are indeed a true believer, it is not to be

confused with the more playful, more relaxed, more, or should I say,

less reverent term, Daddy.

Correct.

It's not a, we should not be casual,.

48 in

the

body, that

body, well why did that happen?

Unity, their strength,

Paul would use in Romans 10, or John uses in 1 John.

There ought to be people in your assembly,

in fact, the name of your show

is Friendship,

on a video that's, they're not going to watch it, they're not going to read it, they're

not, and that is really not productive at all.

Like, we have to get back to

that length,

learn things, out of

ourselves

with

yes men.

By the way, this program, which is patterned after exactly what you're speaking about, obviously

I typically have one, sometimes two, sometimes at the most three,

but unless I have more on at the same time for a specific event or something, but I typically have one guest

on for two hours, and this model has been mocked by people in Christian

radio, people in high places in Christian radio, and I was even told by a program director who wanted to hire

me as a talk show host, that I should abandon this nonsense of interviewing somebody for two

hours, and in fact, at the time, my show was only an hour.

He thought that was ridiculous, and he said, you should do what David Letterman and

Jay Leno do.

They have a guest on for, at the most, four minutes, and if they're really phenomenal,

after the break, they're invited back for another four minutes, but that's it.

Then they have another guest.

What you're doing is ridiculous, I was told.

So I said to this person, so you're equating somebody discussing things that have

eternal ramifications with a moron who is an actor or actress

discussing some stupid, unimportant event that took place

during the filming of a movie or a sitcom or something.

This is an anecdote that some ridiculous, stupid celebrity is going

to be relaying to, and you're comparing that with the words of eternal life.

So anyway, sorry I interrupted you there, but it reminded me of that.

John Wayne made a movie about it.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

Only Josh and I know what that means.

But anyway, go ahead.

He gave

us, and I'm not suggesting

that you can trust that knows the Lord, they know what the Lord Jesus Christ looks like, because that's what

we look like.

We've been predestined to be conformed to His image.

And allow the Lord to use them in your life, and then that you can do the

same

thing

with

all

I

need.

Well, no, that's not true.

These didn't come up.

Contribute to that.

And

what I'm

trying

to caution,

and then you can't wait to listen to these three guys.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

I want them to be fed.

I'm not, I just said last night, you know, I want

you to go home

and study

that

cooperation.

It's a communion.

We have a question from somebody, to my knowledge, I don't believe this brother and friend

and sponsor of Iron Trip and Zion Radio, to my knowledge, I don't think he's ever sent in a question before.

I usually only give the first name of a questioner, but I'm going to give this brother, I'm going to

announce his full name because I want those who need his financial counsel to contact him because he

is, after all, a sponsor of this show.

His name is Michael Gallagher, and he owns and operates the local

Carlisle, Pennsylvania Thrivant Financial.

And he asks, and I don't know what he is talking about.

Maybe you've heard of this thing that he is going to be mentioning.

And basically, what I'm going to do is I'm going to ask this question and have you answer it when we return from our final break.

But Mike Gallagher asks, what are your thoughts on a Zoom meeting men's fellowship group

for professionals who struggle to get as much fellowship time as they would like?

Digital age, does it take too much away from true fellowship?

Interesting question.

And if you could answer that when we return from the final break, as I said.

If anybody else wants to get in line, and we do have a couple of people waiting to have their questions asked and answered, please be patient with us.

We'll get as many of you as possible, as long as time permits.

But if you want to get in line, send in an email immediately because we're rapidly running out of time.

ChrisArnson at gmail .com.

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Don't go away, God willing, we'll be right back with Josh Fryman on fellowship after these messages.

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We keep on walking in

the light For there's nothing as sweet As

fellowship As we share each other's lives.

For there's nothing as sweet As fellowship As we share each

other's lives.

Sweet fellowship Sweet

fellowship Sweet fellowship.

Welcome back.

This is Chris Sorensen,.

And this is our final segment of our interview with Josh Fryman, and we are discussing biblical fellowship

and its importance.

And if you recall, Pastor Josh, before the break, Michael Gallagher, the

local director of Thrivant Financial here in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, who was actually one of the very

first sponsors of this show, who took a very large risk just because he believed in me

so much and believed in the concept of Iron Sharpen's Iron Radio that he, without knowing me very well, he

took a big risk by being one of the very first sponsors of this show.

But Michael asks, what are your thoughts on a Zoom meeting, men's fellowship group, for

professionals who struggle to get as much fellowship time as they would like?

Digital age, does it take too much away from true fellowship?

You know,

I would caution him that local

is not

a luxury, and God promises to meet our needs.

And so a

biblical church...

By the way, I just want to give a plug of giving the phone number for Thrivant Financial.

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if you live anywhere in the United States and want to refer someone or get a location

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This was not planned beforehand, folks.

This was a spontaneous email I got from Michael, and there was no discussion prior, so

this was not just an excuse to plug his offices.

Thank you, Mike.

Hope you keep listening.

We have an anonymous listener who says, I am

what you might call a victim of Christian cliques in churches.

I seem to be shunned by many of the cliques in the congregation where I am a member, and it

is very saddening, disheartening, and depressing.

I don't know what to do about it.

Should I inform my pastors of this?

I seem to be shunned for no reason I can think of.

I'm a very outgoing person.

I am not involved in any unrepentant sin, other than the sins that we all commonly commit as

sinners before we are in glory.

So please give me some counsel on this, and please pray for me.

The

idea

of

losing

that,

how the Lord's church should operate, it's not how Romans 8 .28

sort of viewed in this linear way, what it

means, it means

all people

like he dealt with, he used the Apostle Paul to that

one of the...

Amen.

So I guess you're not a supporter of the woke movement.

No.

We want to hear.

We might be answering questions, but nobody's asking, you know, and we pray every week that the

flock of God, that we are able to give the folks something they need for that week or for...

What happens when the pastor says, excuse me, who are you, and do you realize you're interrupting my conversation with my

friends?

Well, thank you, Anonymous, and I'd like you to have now, Josh, a minute and a half to just summarize what you most want etched in

the hearts and minds of our listeners today, and I want you back, and I'll leave it up to you if you want to continue this conversation,.

Because I think that we just scratched the surface.

I would agree.

We did just scratch the surface.

I guess I would leave everyone to

other

people.

I have blind spots in my life, and it takes a friend who loves me enough to tell me...

Have anyone discipling you, then find someone who might disciple you, and you'll be blessed by...

Well, I want to make sure our listeners have your website, again, for the New Testament Baptist Church

of Larimore, North Dakota.

That website, once again, is larimorentbc .org, L -A -R

-I -N -O -R -E -N -T -B -C, which stands for newtestamentbaptistchurch .org.

Pastor Josh Fryman, it has been such a joy to have you on the program after this long absence.

I eagerly look forward to having you back on very soon and very often.

I hope we make this at least a once -a -month interview with you.

Well, thank you.

I want to thank everybody who listened today.

I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

I hope that you all have a safe holiday season and use every opportunity that the Lord gives you to

proclaim the good news to the lost.

And I want you all to always remember for the rest of your lives that Jesus Christ

is a far greater Savior than you are a sinner.